Connecticut Family Stability

Social Finance partnered with Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Family-Based Recovery on the Connecticut Family Stability Pay for Success Project. The program supported Family-Based Recovery treatment teams to promote positive parent-child interactions, increase parental awareness and understanding of child development, and help parents on their path to substance use recovery. The initiative mobilized $11.2 million to expand Family-Based Recovery’s services to nearly 400 families across Connecticut.

Goals

• Create long-term, lasting results for families by supporting parents in substance use recovery and improving parent-child interactions.
• Prevent out-of-home placements and re-referrals to DCF and reduce substance use by parents and caregivers.
• Evaluate the efficacy of the Family-Based Recovery model using an independent evaluation.
• Bring an added level of government accountability for results for families served.

Insights

• Video: Connecticut’s First Social Impact Bond, BNP Paribas

News

• Governor Malloy and U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner Rafael Lopez Announce Launch of Innovative Program to Measurably Improve the Lives of Families Struggling with Substance Use
• ‘Government Only Pays for the Positive Outcomes.’ A Strikingly New Approach to Social Problems, The Washington Post
• ‘Pay for Success’: An Idea with Bipartisan Appeal, Governing
• Social Impact Bonds: Something Democrats and Republicans Agree On, Forbes
• A New Public Finance Tool to Help the Most Vulnerable, Time